John Milton was a great poet in the 1600s. He is most known for his epic poem Paradise Lost but not many people know the circumstances under which he wrote his most famous works. He was born in December of 1608 in London, England. He studied independently for six years in preparation for his career in […]

Ludwig van Beethoven was a great pianist and composer in the 1700s and is still considered a musical genius to date. He was born in 1770 in Germany. He was raised by his alcoholic father who took to teaching him music in a rather brutal way. Often he would be flogged, locked in a cellar […]

Where would you go, if you could work anywhere in the world? What would you do, if you could do anything in the world? Would you still pick that job you depend on so fervently for that end-of-month salary you despise but still can’t leave, anyway? I’m betting a lot of people will answer no […]

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